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Rachispoda fuscipennis (Haliday, 1833)

mosca, fly

This is primarily a shoreline species, breeding in decaying seaweed (Wheeler 1995). This species is also recorded from the Juan Fernandez Islands (only know south American records of this species) and only spherocerid known from both islands (Marshall 1997). This species is possibly introduced or naturally widespread.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Sphaeroceridae

Genus
Rachispoda

Species
fuscipennis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

Distribution: Cosmopolitan; Santa Cruz.

References

  • Sinclair, B. J. (2023) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Zootaxa, 5283, 1-102
  • Sinclair, B.J. Peck, S.B. (2005) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Rachispoda fuscipennis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12323. Accessed 3 November 2026.